James Dixon

James Dixon (5 August 1814-27 March 1873) was a member of the US House of Representatives (W-CN 1) from 4 March 1845 to 3 March 1849, succeeding Thomas H. Seymour and preceding Loren P. Waldo, and a US Senator (R) from 4 March 1857 to 4 March 1869, succeeding Isaac Toucey and preceding William Alfred Buckingham.

Biography
James Dixon was born in Enfield, Connecticut in 1814, and he became a lawyer in 1835. He served in the state legislature before serving in the US House of Representatives from 1845 to 1849 and in the US Senate from 1857 to 1869, serving as a Free Soiler and as a Republican. In 1869, he declined appointment as ambassador to Russia, and he died in 1873.